Meryl Streep faked her assets to land film roles

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - More than 200 British couples are flying off to Greece for Mama Mia-style weddings. A travel agency is offering a special 'Mamma Mia! marriage' package to couples for custom-made ceremonies with the same rustic charm as the one seen in the romantic comedy featuring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Legendary Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome film festival. The 'Out of Africa' star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, reports The Daily Star.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival. The 'Out of Africa' star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, which has previously been bestowed upon industry legends such as Sir Sean Connery and Al Pacino, reports contactmusic.com.

April 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Saakshi Tanwar, who played the character of distressed Parvati in 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki', says she would return to the small screen if she is offered romantic comedy roles. Saakshi is now working for her upcoming film 'Coffee House'.

March 27th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Angela Lansbury has slammed Denzel Washington's remake 'The Manchurian Candidate', saying it was always meant to flop. Lansbury was nominated for her role in the original directed by John Frankenheimer.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Tom Hanks is to be honoured by his peers at a star-studded gala tribute in New York. The double Oscar winner will be honoured at the 36th annual Film Society of Lincoln Centre gala by stars like Sally Field, Ron Howard, Mike Nichols and Julia Roberts, reports Contactmusic.

March 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Hollywood stars like Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt were floored by the little kids who featured in Danny Boyle's Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', says Loveleen Tandon, the film's co-director. Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Tanay Cheda were the cynosure of all eyes at the Oscars ceremony last week.

February 21st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Oscars will be announced here Sunday night (Monday morning in India). The following have been nominated for the best actress Oscar: Anne Hathaway, 'Rachel Getting Married': She started out as a teen star in 'The Princess Diaries' in 2001.

February 19th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Oscars will be announced here Sunday night (Monday morning in India). The following have been nominated for the best actress Oscar: Anne Hathaway, 'Rachel Getting Married': She started out as a teen star in 'The Princess Diaries' in 2001.

February 19th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Oscars will be announced here Sunday night (Monday morning in India). The following have been nominated for the best actress Oscar: Anne Hathaway, 'Rachel Getting Married': She started out as a teen star in 'The Princess Diaries' in 2001.

February 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - 'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson, 18, is keen to go for higher studies and looks up to Natalie Portman, Jodie Foster and Meryl Streep for inspiration because they too pursued their education whilst working in movies. Watson has applied to a number of colleges, both in Britain and the US, and hopes to emulate the senior actresses' academic success.

January 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Septuagenarian Malayali actor Thilakan is elated with his performance in his latest release 'Orkuka Vallapozhum', which he called among one of the very few roles that he had 'really enjoyed'. 'I have been in the Malayalam film industry since 1973 and I have done several roles and the role of Sethumadavan in this film would rate among one of the very few roles that I have really enjoyed,' said 72-year-old Thilakan while talking to mediapersons here Sunday.

January 13th, 2009 LONDON - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey wanted to play Mrs. Miller in 'Doubt' but director John Patrick Shanley turned her down and chose Viola Davis over her for the role.

January 8th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Mumbai-based movie Slumdog Millionaire has won five prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, cementing its position as a surprise favourite just as the Oscar season moves into high gear. The tale of an Indian orphan whose life experiences take him to the final of a big-money Indian game show, won prizes for best picture, as well as for director Danny Boyle, writer Simon Beaufoy, star Dev Patel and composer A.R.

December 30th, 2008 LONDON - Harrison Ford starrer 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' has topped the 2008 poll of the most gaffe-filled movies. The movie reportedly has 67 errors, reports thesun.co.uk.